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iPad toting tortoises draws ire from animal activists

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iPad toting tortoises draws ire from animal activists
Don't worry, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. What you're looking at above is a tortoise walking around with an iPad on its shell. Actually, two iPads to be exact. As part of an upcoming exhibit at the Aspen Art Museum, three African tortoises were transported to Colorado where they currently live in a habitat "that promotes and safeguards sustained health and comfort." Note that the tortoises themselves were originally rescued from a breeder who kept them in a confined space and generally unsafe living conditions.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More


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Mobile management: Making sense of your options
Smartphones, tablets, social networks, and cloud services are all popular, incredibly useful -- and a security risk. These days, the security focus is on mobile devices, as they tend to be used a lot to work with corporate information, but the variety of platforms, the fact many are employee-owned, and uneven security capabilities mean it's a real challenge -- sometimes an impossible challenge -- to manage them in the same way as the corporate PC.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More

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Motorola makes a comeback
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Win Phone 7 users aghast Microsoft axed Skype for their phones
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